THE CHANGING RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE: THE RISE OF THE UNAFFILIATED. Daniel

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1 THE CHANGING RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE: THE RISE OF THE UNAFFILIATED Daniel

2 RISE OF THE UNAFFILIATED Trends The Current Landscape 2

3 Religious AffiliaBon in the US, Protestant Unaffiliated Linear (Protestant) Linear (Unaffiliated) Catholic Non-Christian Religion Linear (Catholic) Linear (Non-Christian Religion) Source: General Social Survey, ; PRRI, American Values Atlas, 2013 and

4 Growth of the Religiously Unaffiliated, All Americans Young Adults (18-29) Sources: General Social Survey, ; PRRI, American Values Atlas,

5 Religious AffiliaBon by Age Don't know/refused Other religion Unaffiliated Other World Religions Jewish Other ethnic Christian Hispanic Catholic Hispanic Protestant Black Protestant Mormon White Catholic White mainline Protestant White evangelical Protestant Source: PRRI, American Values Atlas,

6 Generational Divides: White Evangelical Protestants vs. Unaffiliated Percent who identify as White Evangelical Prot. vs. Unaffiliated by Age (Moving Averages) White evangelical Protestant Unaffiliated Source: PRRI, American Values Atlas,

7 POLITICAL PROFILE Poli9cal Party and Vote Abor9on and Same- sex Marriage Role of Religion in Public Life 7

8 Party Identification and Ideological Identification Party Identification Among Unaffiliated and All Americans Republican Independent Democrat Other/ Don't know Unaffiliated All Americans Ideological Affiliation Conservative Moderate Liberal Other/ Don't know Unaffiliated All Americans Source: PRRI, American Values Atlas,

9 The Religion Vote, Percent who voted for Democratic presidential candidate White evangelical Protestant White Catholic White mainline Protestant Hispanic Catholic Unaffiliated Jewish Black Protestant Note: All Protestant categories include individuals who identify as Protestant or other Christian Sources: National Exit Polls,

10 Support for Legalized Abortion and Same-sex Marriage Percent who Agree That... Unaffiliated All Americans Abortion should be legal in all/most cases Favor allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry legally Source: PRRI, American Values Atlas,

11 Attitudes about the Role of Religion in Society Percent who AGREE that... Unaffiliated All Americans Religion causes more problems than it solves It is important for children to be brought up in a religion so they can learn good values It is necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values Source: PRRI, American Values Survey, October

12 THE THREE TRIBES OF THE UNAFFILIATED Atheist/Agnos9c Secular UnaMached Believers 12

13 The Three Tribes of the Unaffiliated Atheist/ Agnostic Secular Unattached Believer 52 Source: PRRI, American Values Atlas,

14 Unaffiliated Sub-Groups by Gender Men Women All Unaffiliated Atheist/ Agnostic Secular Unattached Believer Source: PRRI, American Values Atlas

15 Unaffiliated Sub-Groups by Race/Ethnicity Don't know/ Refused Other/Mixed Race API Hispanic Black White 0 All Unaffiliated Atheist/ Agnostic Secular Unattached Believer Source: PRRI, American Values Atlas,

16 Unaffiliated Sub-Groups by Educational Attainment Don't know 35 Post-graduate College graduate Some college High school or less 0 All Unaffiliated Atheist/ Agnostic Secular Unattached Believer Source: PRRI, American Values Atlas,

17 Political Orientation Self-identified Political Ideology Other/ Don't know Conservative Moderate Liberal 0 All Unaffiliated Atheist/ Agnostic Secular Unattached Believer Source: PRRI, American Values Atlas,

18 Support for Legalized Abortion and Same-sex Marriage Percent who Agree That... All Unaffiliated Atheist/ Agnostic Secular Unattached Believer 75 Abortion should be legal in all/most cases Favor allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry legally Source: PRRI, American Values Atlas,

19 The Impact of NegaBve Church Teachings about LGBT People on Millennial DisaffiliaBon Thinking about the reasons you are no longer affiliated with your childhood religion, how much a factor was negative religious teachings about or treatment of gay and lesbian people? 4 14 Very important Somewhat important Not too important Not at all important 21 Don't know/refused (VOL.) Source: PRRI, LGBT Issues & Trends, February

20 THE CHANGING RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE: THE RISE OF THE UNAFFILIATED Daniel